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McCarthy said Gaetz acted that way toward him because "he had an ethics complaint four years ago that he paid an underage girl, and she has come to ethics. And [Matt Gaetz] came to me to try to leverage me to stop the ethics investigation. I think at the end of the day, [Matt Gaetz] probably shouldn't be on the streets."

Footnote: Prior to his sexual peccadillos, the Jair Bolsonaro lookalike also had a DUI problem in Florida. See mugshot linked at bottom.

Matt Gaetz would have been a perfect choice for VPOTUS.

Sources:

https://abcnews.go.com/US/witness-tells-house-ethics-committee-matt-gaetz-paid/story?id=111217102

https://heavy.com/news/2019/02/matt-gaetz-dui-arrest-mugshot/